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FIFA 18 esports tournament season draws 20 million players

Electronic Arts and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) announced that more than 20 million players participated in FIFA 18’s competitive gaming this season. They also said that the EA Sports FIFA 18 Global Series will conclude in London on August 2 to August 4 with the FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final.

In the end, 32 competitors are vying to be the FIFA 18 world champion. Qualification for those 32 spots occurs May 28 to May 30 and June 1 to June 3 in Amsterdam as 128 competitors look to qualify and advance to the FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final 2018.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.